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Film Perfection

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Guyver II Dark Hero is based upon the anime 'Bio Booster Armour Guyver', which follows a teenager fighting threats to the world with his newly discovered bio-armour.I know what you're thinking. What about the first Guyver movie? Well, all you need to know it starred Mark Hamill and it wasn't very good. Steve Wang directs the film and he's most well-known for special effects. He has worked on countless films including Predator, The Monster Squad, DeepStar Six and Gremlins 2. Steve Wang also uses his talents in this film to create some exceptional creature effects, especially for a low budget production.David Hayter, who plays the Guyver, went onto voice Solid Snake in the critically acclaimed video game series Metal Gear Solid. Despite Guyver II Dark Hero having its fair share of bad acting and slow moments, it also has plenty of monsters, bloody moments and cool fight choreography to make it a worthwhile viewing.

I have to say that I really liked this movie for it being made in 1994 and being somewhat unknown to the general public.It was well made, really impressive 1994 visual effects, the Guyver and Zoinoids were believable and obviously well made. The plot was good. Some of the dialog wasn't the greatest, and felt out of place or premature.It was funny because I kept hearing Solid Snake during David Hayter' longer dialog (it's obvious why). I was however a little surprised at the beginning credits to see "Starring David Hayter". Again, some of the dialog was not so good, but I feel it was a really well made movie.

If you've seen or heard about the original adaptation of Guyver, forget what you know. You're doing yourself a favor for two reasons. One is because the first one was such a tur... um, bomb. The second reason is because this one not only has NOTHING to do with the first movie, but has a decent B Movie Sci Fi story line, and absolutely amazing fight scenes.Guyver 2, along with G Saviour (a live actor version from the pages of the Gundam universe), are both decent B movies fit for Saturday nights with geeky friends who enjoy slightly cheesy Sci Fi, have watched too much MST3K and who know how to not take things so seriously that everything out of their mouths start with, "Yes, well actually...." Guyver 2 is fun. Give it a look-see.

It has been a year(Or three depending how you look at it) Since Sean Barker first became the Guyver and destroyed the Cronos Corperation and their shape changing killers the Zionoids.As he struggles to find the purpose of the thing living inside him he is drawn to the caves of Utah where he will dicier the Guyver's true purpose.It had been three years since the world had been exposed to the Americanization of a manga classic, some loved it,other despised it. The movie was inappropriately funny or unfunny,badly written and directed. The only redeeming feature where the really cool creature effects helmed by Co-Director Steve Wang.Then came Guyver 2 this time helmed by Wang and it has to be one of the best sequels ever made. It stays more true to the comic,featuring some very cool monsters and some brilliant fight scenes choreographed by Drive action director Koichi Sakamoto which Steve Wang also directed.It seems Wang wanted to be as faithful as possible to the original comic and he does it very well. One thing worth mentioning is a good acting turn by the voice of Solid Snake David Hayter who plays the role of Sean Barker, a role horribly done by Jack Armstrong(who?) in the original.The story is better written in which Sean struggles with his curse that is the Guyver.Although the acting is very hammy at times(What do you expect for a sci-fi b-movie) I recommend that people wanting to find out about The Guyver best watch the original anime show then view this live action version before viewing the first movie.I also recommend you pick up the Region 1 uncut DVD as it presents the film in all its gory glory.